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The Novus Ordo Mass, Trent's Anathemas, and the Implications
Posted in Catholic Family News, Doctrine, Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon, John Salza and Robert Siscoe, Sedevacantism, The Remnant Newspaper, Tradition in Action on January 7, 2022| 3 Comments »
Many of those who recognize and are united to Bergoglio as pope have contempt for the new mass. Yet, if it is an approved rite of the Church, this behavior is anathema. The mass is an "untainted source," must be "embraced," and is "perfect."
SESSION VII, CANON XIII. If any one saith, that the received and approved rites of the Catholic Church, wont to be used in the solemn administration of the sacraments, may be contemned, or without sin be omitted at pleasure by the ministers, or be changed, by every pastor of the churches, into other new ones; let him be anathema.
Is the novus ordo missae an approved rite that administers the sacrament of the Eucharist?
SESSION XXII, CANON VII. If any one saith, that the ceremonies, vestments, and outward signs, which the Catholic Church makes use of in the celebration of masses, are incentives to impiety, rather than offices of piety; let him be anathema.
How could the novus ordo missae be a problem if those things within it can't be?
Pope Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos, 9 (1832):Furthermore, the discipline sanctioned by the Church must never be rejected or branded as contrary to certain principles of the natural law. It must never be called crippled, or imperfect or subject to civil authority. In this discipline the administration of sacred rites, standards of morality, and the reckoning of the Church and her ministers are embraced.
How can a Catholic not embrace the novus ordo missae as sound, perfect, and holy, since this teaching must be accepted as true?
Pope Leo XIII, Satis Cognitum (1896): For, since Jesus Christ delivered Himself up for the salvation of the human race, and to this end directed all His teaching and commands, so He ordered the Church to strive, by the truth of its doctrine, to sanctify and to save mankind. But faith alone cannot compass so great, excellent, and important an end. There must need be also the fitting and devout worship of God, which is to be found chiefly in the divine Sacrifice and in the dispensation of the Sacraments, as well as salutary laws and discipline. All these must be found in the Church, since it continues the mission of the Saviour for ever. The Church alone offers to the human race that religion – that state of absolute perfection – which He wished, as it were, to be incorporated in it. And it alone supplies those means of salvation which accord with the ordinary counsels of Providence.
How can there be a state of absolute perfection if the novus ordo missae is not?
Pope Pius XII, Haurietis Aquas, May 15, 1956: From what We have so far explained, venerable brethren, it is clear that the faithful must seek from Scripture, tradition and the sacred liturgy as from a deep untainted source, the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus if they desire to penetrate its inner nature and by piously meditating on it, receive the nourishment for the fostering and development of their religious fervor.
All this means the novus ordo mass can't be treated with contempt, nor spoken of as contemptible, or leading to impiety, if Francis is a true pope.
Yet, most all pseudo-traditionalists have problems with the new mass in some way. All of them have anathematized themselves by their own contempt for their own religious rites approved by their own pope and church.
Keep this in mind when you speak to family and friends who fall in this category.
The Avalanche of Heresies
Posted in Catholic Family News, Christopher Ferrara, Doctrine, Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon, Heresy on the Nature of the Church, John Salza and Robert Siscoe, Michael Voris, Sedevacantism, The Latin Mass Magazine, The Remnant Newspaper, Tradition in Action, Uncategorized, Vigano on December 7, 2021| 2 Comments »
Lately, I've been trying to hit all the different angles of the pseudo-traditionalist errors.
One particular pseudo-traditionalist here in Kentucky that I've been emailing, can't see the forest for the trees. He misunderstands the differences between material and formal heresy, internal and external forum, the application of laws, dogmas and opinions, etc. Rather than getting bogged down in explaining the differences, I've decided to get it down to one main point.
One thing that's undeniable is the fact that there are four marks, which are four dogmas that identify the true religion.
Many of these fake Catholics acknowledge that Vatican 2 and the Vatican 2 popes have promulgated heretical teachings. The pseudo-trad from Ky is no exception.
As soon as the pseudo-traditionalist points to this or that heresy of his religion, the question comes down to how his religion still has those four marks and how he still holds to them himself. Claiming the Church teaches heresy by law or decree leads to an avalanche of heresy against the four marks of the Church.
Oneness in Catholic faith can't exist in the external forum if the magisterium is promulgating heresy. The Church will be divided between those who accept and reject the heresy. The Church would be no different from the Protestant and Eastern Orthodox religions in principle.
Holiness would be missing since heresy is unholy. The true Church can't have unholy doctrines or else it would be no different from the Protestant and Eastern Orthodox religions.
Catholicity would be missing since heresy is damning. The Roman Catechism declared the Catholic Church to be "universal, because all who desire eternal salvation must cling to and embrace her, like those who entered the ark to escape perishing in the flood. This (note of catholicity), therefore, is to be taught as a most reliable criterion, by which to distinguish the true from a false Church." Heresy severs from Catholicism, which severs from salvation.
Apostolicity would be missing since heresy is not Apostolic. Protestant and Eastern Orthodox religions have false teachings, which prove they are not apostolic.
Pseudo-traditionalists like to attack sedevacantism for not having bishops with the fullness of apostolic succession. They fail to see that apostolicity requires the fullness of apostolic teaching. The Roman Catechism notes on the Apostolic mark, "The true Church is also to be recognised from her origin, which can be traced back under the law of grace to the Apostles; for her doctrine is the truth not recently given, nor now first heard of, but delivered of old by the Apostles, and disseminated throughout the entire world. Hence no one can doubt that the impious opinions which heresy invents, opposed as they are to the doctrines taught by the Church from the days of the Apostles to the present time, are very different from the faith of the true Church."
So when the fake Catholic acknowledges heresy from its councils, laws and other decrees, it necessarily follows that he denies the four dogmatic marks of his own religion. He becomes his own worst enemy.
Six years ago, I posted: Missing the Marks: The Church of Vatican 2. If one knows that his religion denies the four marks, then again, it necessarily follows that he will, too.
There is no escape for the pseudo-traditionalist. He's trapped in a false religion with an avalanche of his own heresies.
Pseudo-Traditionalists – Rejecting I Tim. 3:15
Posted in Ann Barnhardt, Apostasy, Catholic Family News, Christopher Ferrara, Doctrine, Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon, First Vatican Council, John Salza and Robert Siscoe, Michael Voris, Sedevacantism, The Remnant Newspaper, Tradition in Action, Vigano on November 26, 2021| 27 Comments »
Since the Protestant Revolt, a particular Scripture verse has been used to counter the Protestant sola scriptura argument. Nowadays, this same verse is rejected by the pseudo-traditionalists in union with the Vatican 2 popes.
St. Paul to St. Timothy:
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth (I Tim. 3:15).
Fr. Leo Haydock writes in his commentary: Ver. 15. By the promises of Christ to direct his Church by the infallible spirit of truth; (see John xvi. 7. Mat. xxviii. 20. &c. Wi.) and therefore, the Church of the living God can never uphold error, nor bring in corruptions, superstition, or idolatry. Ch. — That the Church, the pillar and ground of truth, is to be conducted by the constant superintendence and guidance of the Holy Spirit into all truth to the consummation of days, every one whose mind is not strangely prejudiced may easily discover in various places of the inspired writings.
Yet, pseudo-traditionalists argue that the Catholic Church upholds error and brings in corruptions of all types.
The Remnant Newspaper published an article by Robert Siscoe arguing that Pope Celestine III taught heresy by law.
Tradition in Action devotes most of its website denouncing the errors of Vatican 2, its popes, and the new mass.
Christopher Ferrara's "Great Facade" attacks Vatican 2, its popes, and the new mass as novelty that contradicts past teaching.
The Catholic Family News writes about resisting the errors of Vatican 2, its popes, and the new mass.
Archbishop Viganò criticizes Vatican 2 as erroneous, leading Catholics into schism, and creating a false church alongside the true Church. He, also, says a pope can be a heretic.
The list goes on and on, but this can only mean these pseudo-traditionalists believe the Church is not the pillar and foundation of truth.
For every error they claim comes from the Church, an equal and opposite error is professed by them. For example, when they claim the Vatican 2 teaching on religious liberty is false or the new mass is harmful, it necessarily means the Church is the source of corruption and error, which is itself heresy and contrary to First Timothy 3:15.
If, however, they deny these things came from the Church, but only from a Vatican 2 pope, it necessarily means the First Vatican Council's definition of the pope is false; another pseudo-traditionalist heresy.
It's impossible for one to say the Catholic Church or pope promulgates error and heresy without himself disseminating error and heresy. Pseudo-traditionalists are as equally erroneous and heretical as their pope and religion.
"In the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth" there's no need to attack, resist, or criticize councils, papal teaching, and liturgies.
Pseudo-Traditionalists – Straining a Gnat and Swallowing the Camel
Posted in Ann Barnhardt, Apostasy, Catholic Family News, Christopher Ferrara, Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon, Heresy on the Nature of the Church, Holy Scripture, John Salza and Robert Siscoe, Sedevacantism, The Latin Mass Magazine, The Remnant Newspaper, Tradition in Action on November 23, 2021| 14 Comments »
We read in the Gospel of Matthew how Christ went after the Pharisees for being hypocrites, "Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel (Matt. 23:24)."
The Pharisees worried about trifling things that others do or don't do, while they commit huge injustices.
The proverbial phrase of Our Lord applies especially to the pseudo-traditionalists today. In fact, it's foundational to their movement. They attack sedevacantism and help and support the Vatican 2 religion as the "true" religion of Our Lord.
One such person, who teaches at a university in Kentucky, told me recently that Pope Pius XII opened the door to evolution in his document Humani Generis. I explained the difference between dogmas and doctrines of opinions, but he would hear none of it. He would rather strain out a gnat found in sedevacantism and swallow the entire heretical Vatican 2 camel that has the same gnat.
Nishant Xavier who comments on my website is another example. He points to a priest back in the 1980's who attempted to assassinate John Paul 2. According Xavier, this is the bad fruit of sedevacantism, which proves its schismatic and evil. He strains out a gnat; a mentally ill sedevacantist priest who tried to kill John Paul 2, but swallows the camel; a religion that has mostly homosexual and pro-homosexual bishops, priests, and a pope helping ruin the souls of millions while sacrilegiously defaming our churches they stole. Xavier is oblivious to the fact that we've had true popes who murdered other popes. His argument necessarily accuses the Catholic Church for putting out bad fruit on two fronts.
Nishant Xavier claims to be an indult traditionalist. Like my anything-but-sedevacantist brother, the SSPX, Tradition in Action, John Salza, etc. will stay unified to their pope and accept his religion where they acknowledge has evil teachings and practices. They attack sedevacantistm as being heretical based on theological opinions, while defending a religion they acknowledge is heretical. They strain a gnat and swallow the camel; defending a religion devoid of true unity and complete holiness, with its dozens of contradictions, errors, evil practices, bad lituriges, and outright heresies leading a billion Catholics to hell.
Pope Pius XI Squashes the Recognize and Resist Theology
Posted in AKA Catholic Louie Verrecchio, Ann Barnhardt, Catholic Family News, Christopher Ferrara, Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon, Heresy on the Nature of the Church, John Salza and Robert Siscoe, Pope Pius XI, The Remnant Newspaper, Tradition in Action on August 27, 2019| 5 Comments »
Can the Faithful recognize and resist the pope? I dealt with this question in a 2015 article. However, I recently stumbled upon some teachings from Pope Pius XI that castigates the recognize and resist theology. I highlighted the relevant parts within the context that's contra R&R-ism.
In Mortalium animos Jan. 6, 1928, Pope Pius XI declared, "#5 Admonished, therefore, by the consciousness of Our Apostolic office that We should not permit the flock of the Lord to be cheated by dangerous fallacies, We invoke, Venerable Brethren, your zeal in avoiding this evil; for We are confident that by the writings and words of each one of you the people will more easily get to know and understand those principles and arguments which We are about to set forth, and from which Catholics will learn how they are to think and act when there is question of those undertakings which have for their end the union in one body, whatsoever be the manner, of all who call themselves Christians…
#7…There are some, indeed, who recognize and affirm that Protestantism, as they call it, has rejected, with a great lack of consideration, certain articles of faith and some external ceremonies, which are, in fact, pleasing and useful, and which the Roman Church still retains. They soon, however, go on to say that that Church also has erred, and corrupted the original religion by adding and proposing for belief certain doctrines which are not only alien to the Gospel, but even repugnant to it."
#11…Furthermore, in this one Church of Christ no man can be or remain who does not accept, recognize and obey the authority and supremacy of Peter and his legitimate successors. Did not the ancestors of those who are now entangled in the errors of Photius and the reformers, obey the Bishop of Rome, the chief shepherd of souls?
The words "recognize and obey" are exactly opposite to "recognize and resist." The R&R crowd doesn't obey those they call the legitimate successors of Peter. They ignore him, resist him, and reject his teachings. They are most certainly trying to stand in the way of the Vatican 2 popes and implementing Vatican 2 and the novus ordo. Of course, the R&R crowd is correct in rejecting the modernism of the Vatican 2 popes, but their reasoning for doing so is heretical, blasphemous, and just plain stupid.
The underlying principle of Mortalium animos is rejected by the R&R crowd. But then again, every papal document is the Roman Pontiff putting forth his papal authority for the faithful to obey, not to resist.
On Dec. 31, 1929, Pope Pius XI declared in Divini Illius Magistri – On Christian Education: "18. Hence it is that in this proper object of her mission, that is, "in faith and morals, God Himself has made the Church sharer in the divine magisterium and, by a special privilege, granted her immunity from error; hence she is the mistress of men, supreme and absolutely sure, and she has inherent in herself an inviolable right to freedom in teaching.'[10] …20.The Church does not say that morality belongs purely, in the sense of exclusively, to her; but that it belongs wholly to her. …25. The extent of the Church's mission in the field of education is such as to embrace every nation, without exception, according to the command of Christ: "Teach ye all nations;"[17] and there is no power on earth that may lawfully oppose her or stand in her way. In the first place, it extends over all the Faithful, of whom she has anxious care as a tender mother."
The whole document is about the importance of getting a good, holy, and true Christian education, which can only come about by following and obeying the teachings of the Roman Pontiff and following his rules for this education. What's the point if the Catholic Church is propagating error like every other religion as the R&R claim?
The proposition of the R&R crowd makes the Catholic Church out to be the biggest hypocritical organization in the world. It would mean that only the Catholic Church can lead people astray with error while all other religions are condemned by the Catholic Church for doing so. It would mean only the Catholic Church can be heretical while Protestantism and Eastern Orthodoxy are condemned by the Catholic Church as false religions when they do so.
That's why the R&R position is blasphemous.
On Dec. 31, 1930, Pope Pius XI promulgated Casti Connubii – On Christian Marriage.
Once again, the pope is implementing his supreme authority over the faithful. He declares in #104:
Wherefore, let the faithful also be on their guard against the overrated independence of private judgment and that false autonomy of human reason. For it is quite foreign to everyone bearing the name of a Christian to trust his own mental powers with such pride as to agree only with those things which he can examine from their inner nature, and to imagine that the Church, sent by God to teach and guide all nations, is not conversant with present affairs and circumstances; or even that they must obey only in those matters which she has decreed by solemn definition as though her other decisions might be presumed to be false or putting forward insufficient motive for truth and honesty. Quite to the contrary, a characteristic of all true followers of Christ, lettered or unlettered, is to suffer themselves to be guided and led in all things that touch upon faith or morals by the Holy Church of God through its Supreme Pastor the Roman Pontiff, who is himself guided by Jesus Christ Our Lord.
The approach of the R&R crowd is to be able to resist, dismiss, and disdain every papal teaching that they think comes short of proclaiming in an extraordinary manner dogmas affected by the mark of infallibility. In principle, the R&R crowd is really no different than the liberals who also reject the teaching of Casti Connubii against contraception. [1]
The pick and choose mentality of the R&R crowd is what makes them the worst of hypocrites. They profess to be obedient and faithful Catholics but are neither.
Jesus told us where the hypocrites go in Matt. 24:51 and it's not paradise.
[1] 54. But no reason, however grave, may be put forward by which anything intrinsically against nature may become conformable to nature and morally good. Since, therefore, the conjugal act is destined primarily by nature for the begetting of children, those who in exercising it deliberately frustrate its natural power and purpose sin against nature and commit a deed which is shameful and intrinsically vicious. (Casti Connubii)
Dr. Taylor Marshall's and Timothy Gordon's Misconceptions about Sedevacantism
Posted in Dr. Taylor Marshall and Timothy Gordon on January 29, 2019| 8 Comments »
Dr. Taylor Marshall recently posted a video on the late Fr. Malachi Martin and sedevacantism. [1]
Besides the subject of Fr. Malachi, Dr. Marshall and Gordon give reasons why they aren't sedevacantists. However, they innocently (I believe) present a false narrative of sedevacantism. Their misgiving in accepting sedevacantism is the result of misunderstanding the position and the facts about the Church.
Both of these men seem like fine gentlemen. Hopefully, this post will encourage them and others to take a closer look into the issues and reconsider the possibility that sedevacantism is the correct position.
There are 7 main misconceptions about sedevacantism that's implied in their video:
1. Gordon's words, "There is no papacy. The papacy ended" at 1:18:18 and Dr. Marshall's reference to Vatican I on perpetual successors (implying perhaps that sedevacantism doesn't fit.)
Sedevacantism is a position that there's no current pope. It's not a position that the papacy or perpetual successors has ended. A long interregnum is the proper way of understanding the situation. Vatican I didn't say nor could it say that there must at all times be a pope. As long as the principle of perpetuity is present (and it is), all is needed to fulfill the declaration of Vatican I.
2. Sedes are counter-factual on Fatima.
This objection is more about opinions of sedevacantists rather than sedevacantism. However, I have presented all the necessary answers concerning Fatima here:
3. The Gates of hell have prevailed if sedevacantism is true.
This objection is answered here: The Gates of Hell and Sedevacantism
4. All the world's cardinals, bishops, priests, and laymen follow an antipope, which is impossible.
Rev. Francis X Doyle, S.J. explains: "The Church is a visible society with a visible Ruler. If there can be any doubt about who that visible Ruler is, he is not visible, and hence, where there is any doubt about whether a person has been legitimately elected Pope, that doubt must be removed before he can become the visible head of Christ's Church. Blessed Bellarmine, S.J., says: 'A doubtful Pope must be considered as not Pope'; and Suarez, S.J., says: 'At the time of the Council of Constance there were three men claiming to be Pope…. Hence, it could have been that not one of them was the true Pope, and in that case, there was no Pope at all…." (The Defense of the Catholic Church, 1927)
Notice that it is possible that everyone could follow an antipope since everyone followed one of the 3 so-called popes during the Great Western Schism.
5. Communion with a false pope makes one a non-Catholic.
As was shown in the previous objection, this is not necessarily so.
6. There were no sedes until the 1970's.
This objection has no bearing on the question because Catholics can be mistaken on the issue. However, there were sedevacantists in 1958. Vatican insider Dr. Elizabeth Gerstner didn't recognize Roncalli. I'm sure there were others. Jesuit Father Joaquin Saenz Y Arriaga was a doctor of Theology, Church History, and Canon Law. He was one of the first sedevacantists recognizing it in the mid to late 1960's, perhaps earlier. He was a highly educated and courageous priest. He wrote a devastating critique of Paul VI in "The New Montinian Church" published in 1971. One of his followers, Fr. Moises Carmona would later become a sedevacantist bishop. He was killed in a tragic car accident in 1991. His body was later to be found incorrupt.
7. There's no documentation that Roncalli and Montini were Freemasons.
First, I'm happy to hear that they acknowledge that a pope can't be a Freemason. Now if a document was presented that Roncalli and Montini were initiated into Freemasonry, would it be accepted? Not only is there documentation that they were Freemasons, but their words and actions corresponded to the beliefs of the secret societies. I suggest reading the facts about Roncalli and Montini below:
Pope St. John XXIII or Antipope John XXIII?
Pope St. Paul VI or Antipope Paul VI?
I invite Dr. Marshall and Timothy Gordon to contact me by email or phone (which I'll provide by email) to discuss these topics or other aspects of sedevacantism.
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0SiRVsrO84

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I particularly welcome applications on all aspects of Romantic period literature and culture, and on writers and writing of the Long Eighteenth and the Nineteenth centuries.
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My research is concentrated on the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, especially the Romantic period. I have particular interests in the recovery of literary reputations; scholarly editing; manuscript and print culture; digital humanities; counterfactual literary history; and poetry and place.
I lead an international team working on a multi-part, digital, fully open access edition of the collected correspondence of Robert Southey (1774-1843). One of the largest scale digital Romanticism projects currently in progress, it has already published the first scholarly edition of the letters written by Southey from 1791-1821, and in 2021 will add to this the first scholarly edition of his letters written between 1822-27. Future parts of the edition will include the letters written by Southey from 1828-39 and also the letters sent to him. You can find out more about the edition and read the letters already published by following the link below:
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I have published extensively on the 'Lake' poet Robert Southey and his circle.
I was general editor of Robert Southey: Poetical Works 1793-1810 (2004), awarded an 'Honorable Mention' in the MLA prize for a Distinguished Scholarly Edition; and co-general editor of Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works (2012).
My edited collections Southey and the Contexts of English Romanticism and Wales and the Romantic Imagination (co-edited with Damian Walford Davies) appeared in 2006 and 2007 respectively. I have guest-edited Southey special issues of the journals Romanticism and Romanticism on the Net.
PRATT, LYNDA, 2019. Robert Southey and His Age: Ageing, Old Age and the Days of Old Romanticism. 24(1), 271-280
PRATT, LYNDA, 2018. Non-Publication. In: DUFF, DAVID, ed., The Oxford Handbook of British Romanticism 1st. Oxford University Press. 495-509
PACKER, I., PRATT, L. and , eds., 2013. Digital scholarly edition of the letters of Robert Southey, with full critical apparatus, including introduction, editorial methodology, footnotes, chronology, biographies and indices of people and places. The collected letters of Robert Southey: Part four: 1810-1815 University of Maryland.
LYNDA PRATT, DANIEL E. WHITE, IAN PACKER, TIM FULFORD and CAROL BOLTON, eds., 2012. Print scholarly edition. Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works, 1811-38: Laureate Poems Pickering and Chatto.
LYNDA PRATT and IAN PACKER, eds., 2012. Print scholarly edition. Robert Southey: Later Poetical Works, 1811-38: Shorter Poems Pickering and Chatto.
LYNDA PRATT, 2012. Robert Southey's Poetry: Inscribing a Romantic Reputation. In: FREDERICK BURWICK, NANCY MOORE and DIANE LONG HOEVELER, eds., The Blackwell Encyclopaedia of Romantic Literature 3. 1274-80
PACKER, I. and PRATT, L., eds., 2011. Digital scholarly edition of the letters of Robert Southey, with full critical apparatus, including introduction, editorial methodology, footnotes, chronology, biographies and indices of people and places. The collected letters of Robert Southey: Part two 1798-1803 Romantic Circles.
PRATT, L., 2011. What Robert Southey did not write next Romanticism. 17.1, 1-9
2011. Southey Special Issue Romanticism. 17.1, 1-93
LYNDA PRATT, 2011. 'Is he "well authenticated"? Southey and Anna Seward'. In: ASHLEY CHANTLER, MICHAEL DAVIES and PHILIP SHAW, eds., Literature and Authenticity, 1780-1900 1st. Ashgate. 25-37
LYNDA PRATT, 2010. Bristowa's Citizens? Coleridge, Southey and Bristol Coleridge Bulletin. 28(Summer), 33-42
LYNDA PRATT, 2010. His Days Among the Dead are No Longer Passed: Editing Robert Southey Literature Compass. 7(2), 72-81
PRATT, L., 2010. Southey's West Country. In: ROE, N., ed., English romantic writers and the West Country Palgrave Macmillan. 201-217
LYNDA PRATT, ed., 2009. Digital scholarly edition. The Collected Letters of Robert Southey. Part 1: 1791-1797
LYNDA PRATT and TIM FULFORD, eds., 2009. The Letters of Robert Bloomfield and His Circle Romantic Circles.
LYNDA PRATT, 2008. 'Let Not Bristol Be Ashamed': Coleridge's Afterlife in the Early Recollections of Joseph Cottle. In: JAMES VIGUS AND JANE WRIGHT, ed., Coleridge's Afterlives Palgrave. 20-35
LYNDA PRATT, 2008. Tea and national history Studies in Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century. 265-279
LYNDA PRATT AND TIM FULFORD, 2008. Editing Robert Southey for the twenty-first century European Romantic Review. 19(2), 187-197
LYNDA PRATT and DAMIAN WALFORD DAVIES, eds., 2007. Wales and the Romantic Imagination 1st ed. Cardiff : University of Wales Press.
PRATT, L.D., 2007. Southey in Wales: inscriptions, monuments and Romantic posterity. In: WALFORD DAVIES, D. and PRATT, L., eds., Wales and the Romantic Imagination Cardiff : University of Wales Press. 86-103
PRATT, L.D., 2007. 'Hung, drawn and Quarterlyed? Robert Southey, poetry, poets and "The Quarterly Review"'. In: JONATHAN CUTMORE, ed., Conservatism and 'The Quarterly Review' 1st. London : Pickering and Chatto. 185-202
PRATT, L.D. AND WALFORD DAVIES, D., 2007. Introduction: Devolving Romanticism. In: PRATT, L.D. AND WALFORD DAVIES, D., ed., Wales and the Romantic Imagination University of Wales Press.
PRATT, L.D., ed., 2006. Robert Southey and the contexts of English romanticism Aldershot: Ashgate.
PRATT, L.D., 2006. '"Where success ... is certain": Southey the literary Eastindiaman. In: FRANKLIN, M.J., ed., Romantic Representations of British India London : Routledge. 132-153
PRATT, L.D., 2006. Family misfortunes: the posthumous editing of Robert Southey. In: PRATT, L.D., ed., Robert Southey and the Contexts of English Romanticism Aldershot : Ashgate. 219-238
PRATT, L.D., 2006. Introduction: Robert Southey and the Contexts of English Romanticism. In: PRATT, L.D., ed., Robert Southey and the Contexts of English Romanticism Aldershot : Ashgate. xvii-xxix
PRATT, L.D., 2005. Epic. In: , ed., Romanticism: an Oxford Guide Oxford : Oxford University Press. 332-49
PRATT, L.D., ed., 2004. Scholarly edition of Robert Southey. Robert Southey: poetical works, 1793-1810: Vol. 1: Joan of Arc Pickering masters London: Pickering and Chatto.
PRATT, L.D., ed., 2004. Scholarly edition of Robert Southey. Robert Southey: Poetical Works, 1793-1810: Vol. 5: Selected Shorter Poems, 1793-1810 Pickering Masters London: Pickering and Chatto.
PRATT, L.D., 2004. The `sad habits' of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: unpublished letters from Joseph Cottle to Robert Southey, 1813-1817 Review of English Studies. 55(218), 75-90
PRATT, L.D., 2004. Introduction 'Robert Southey, writing and Romanticism' Romanticism on the Net.
PRATT, L.D., ed., 2004. Robert Southey: Poetical Works, 1793-1810: Vol. 2: Madoc London : Pickering and Chatto.
PRATT, L.D., 2003. The Media of Friends or Foes? Unpublished Letters from Joseph Cottle to Robert Southey, 1834-1837 Modern Language Review. VOL 98(PART 3), 545-562
PRATT, L.D., 2003. The marriage poems of Robert Southey and Caroline Bowles' Notes and Queries. n.s. 50, 282-87
PRATT, L.D., 2002. Coleridge's marriage in 1802: an unpublished letter by Robert Southey Notes and Queries. n.s. 49, 8-15
PRATT, L.D., 2001. Patriot poetics and the Romantic national epic. In: KITSON, P.J., ed., Placing and Displacing Romanticism Aldershot : Ashgate. 93-111
PRATT, L.D., 2000. Naval Contemplation: Poetry, patriotism and the Navy 1797-99 Journal for Maritime Research. December.,
PRATT, L.D., 2000. "Perilous Acquaintance". Coleridge, Southey and Charles Lloyd in the 1790s: Five New Letters' Romanticism. 6(1), 98-115
PRATT, L.D., 2000. Anglo-Saxon Attitudes: Alfred the Great and the Romantic National Epic. In: SCRAGG, D and WEINBURG, C., eds., Literary Appropriations of the Anglo-Saxons from the Thirteenth to the Twentieth Century Cambridge : Cambridge University Press. 138-56
PRATT, L.D. and DENISON, D., 2000. The Language of Southey and His Circle. In: Culture, Style and Language in Eighteenth-Century England 401-10
PRATT, L.D., 2000. Interaction, reorientation and discontent in the Coleridge-Southey Circle, 1797: Two New Letters by Robert Southey Notes and Queries. n.s. 47, 314-21
PRATT, L.D., 1999. The Pantisocratic Origins of Southey's Madoc: An Unpublished Letter Notes and Queries. 46, 34-39
PRATT, L.D., 1996. Revising the Romantic National Epic: Coleridge, Southey and Madoc Romanticism. 2(2), 149-63
PRATT, L.D., 1994. A Coleridge borrowing from Southey Notes and Queries. 41, 336-8
PRATT, L.D., 1994. The Southey circle and Scandinavian mythology and literature. In: Celtic and Germanic themes in European art and literature 95-107
PRATT, L.D., 1994. Coleridge, Wordsworth and Joan of Arc Notes and Queries. 41, 335-6
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God in His infinite wisdom called our son, brother, and uncle, Tobe Antonio Ruffin to his heavenly home on Sunday, March 31st.
Tobe was educated in the Gates County School System and received other training which enabled him to work as a correctional officer, a deputy at Gates Co. Sheriff Department, and NC Department of Transportation.
At an early age, Tobe joined First Baptist Roduco where he served faithfully doing the Lord's work.
An energetic, compassionate and caring person, Tobe leaves to cherish his memory, a daughter, Ta'Mya Ruffin; an unborn son; his finance', Faran Sawyer; mother, Sharon Gatling; father, Tobe S. Ruffin; brother, Donald Lee Gatling; sister, Shawnta Ruffin (Mark); grandmothers, Juanita Gatling and Nora Ruffin; five aunts, Kaye Ruffin, Vernessa Ruffin Riddick, Rita Beverly, Cynthia Ruffin-Moore, and Chinita W. Hayer (Alain); seven uncles, Wayne, Douglas, Ervin, and Linwood Gatling, Christopher Hathaway, Randy Hathaway (Wanda), and Timothy Ruffin (Juletta) and a host of nieces, nephews, other family members and friends.
A celebration of life will take place on Sunday April 7, 2019 at New Hope Missionary Baptist Church at 2:00pm. The family will receive members of the community and friends on Saturday April 6, 2019 from 4:00pm-7:00pm at the funeral home. His final resting place will be at First Baptist Roduco Church Cemetery.


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Q: interactive map not working in IE7 I am trying to build an interactive map using an imagemap and jquery.  I have it completed and it works great in FireFox but IE7 is causing some issues.
You can take a look at it here:
http://www.thecolumbianchicago.com/map/
In IE7 the title of the rollover is not getting the width set properly.  Also once you rollover the tall building icon in the center, the background of the title disappears.  I'm guessing its a CSS issue but I can't figure it out.
Anyone got any ideas?
Thanks

A: I figured it out, it was the javascript.  I guess IE doesn't like .attr('width') and was returning a zero.  I changed the code to have the width put into the image as rel="width" and used .attr('rel') and its all good now.

A: Don't mess with html image maps. You can use vector based interactive maps with jVectorMap.

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Disney exec to bring media expertise to telecommunications program
Padden
Preston Padden, executive vice president for government relations for the Walt Disney Co., will join the University of Colorado at Boulder in the fall as an adjunct professor in the Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program and as a senior fellow at the Silicon Flatirons Center.
Padden, who recently announced plans to retire from Walt Disney, has been a regular speaker at the center's conferences since 2000, discussing piracy and media regulation. He will participate in a Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Silicon Flatirons Center conference, "The Digital Broadband Migration: Examining the Internet's Ecosystem."
Dale Hatfield, adjunct professor of telecommunications and interim director of the center, said he expects Padden will co-teach a course on new media and cable television in the fall.
"Preston understands the media business probably as well as or better than anyone in the U.S.," Hatfield said. "We've been talking to him for a long time about coming to teach at CU."
Padden joined Walt Disney Co. in 1998 after serving a year as president of the ABC television network. Prior to that, he was president of network distribution for the Fox network and part of the original team that created the fourth broadcast network. He holds a law degree from George Washington University and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maryland. His son, Joseph, lives in Boulder.
"We are pleased that Mr. Padden will be teaching part-time at the University of Colorado," said engineering Dean Robert Davis." To have an individual with his extensive practical experience and record of achievement join our faculty is of tremendous benefit to our students."
The Interdisciplinary Telecommunications Program, which is hosted by the College of Engineering and Applied Science, is the nation's oldest and one of the most prestigious graduate telecommunications programs in the world. For more than 35 years, the program has educated leaders who can bridge the engineering, business, economics, policy and legal fields.
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There is always room for new ideas when it comes to kids afterschool snacks! If you are looking for something cute and fun, try these little celery bites with peanut butter and greek yogurt!
So simple and fun to chow down on!
Mix together and serve in little pieces of celery with a goldfish on top! Raisins are always a fun topper too! Kids love to top their own, so you could put out a few choices!


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home // News // Call to improve access to fluoridated drinking water //
Call to improve access to fluoridated drinking water
Source: Transforming the Nation | February 6th, 2014 | By Cathy Wever
The National Rural Health Alliance (NRHA) is calling on the federal government to take action to improve access to fluoridated drinking water in rural and remote areas.
The NRHA, which represents 37 member bodies, says fluoridation of drinking water is widely regarded as the most cost effective health promotion intervention available in a wealthy country such as Australia, because of its positive impact on dental health.
Yet millions of Australians – particularly residents in rural and remote areas – do not have ready access to fluoridated drinking water.
"This issue was raised at a recent meeting of all our members. It's a concern that so many people don't have the ability to establish good dental health from age zero," said NRHA executive director, Gordon Gregory. "It's an issue that needs to be talked about."
According to the NRHA, more 700,000 Australian communities do not have access to fluoridated drinking water.
"Adding fluoride to reticulated water is an expensive matter for small local authorities, particularly in communities of less than 1000 people."
Gregory says if fluoridation of drinking water proves prohibitively expensive in smaller areas, other methods of fluoridation – such as supplements, which have also been shown to reduce dental caries – should be explored.
"It's a concern that so many people don't have the ability to establish good dental health from age zero"
Gordon Gregory, NRHA executive director
"The NRHA believes the commonwealth government should encourage and assist local councils to do the right thing for the oral and dental health of people in smaller communities.
"Those people with most to gain are infants and children. With effective national leadership on fluoridation, the basis can be laid for the next generation of adults to have better dental health than their parents."
In 2010-11 there were over 60,000 preventable hospitalisations related to dental conditions, with children between the ages of five and nine having the highest number of hospital stays for such conditions.
The Australian Dental Association supports fluoridation of drinking water even though it can be expensive to achieve.
Tags: flouridation, flouride, Fluoridation, fluoride
Mr. Fluoride (Get the F Out of Our Water) Battle Hymn
Fluoridation: Worsening the Lead Crisis in Flint, and Beyond
Print-Friendly Copy of Report Press Release: Fluoride in Water Worsens U.S. Lead Crisis Introduction Over the past few weeks, the nation has watched in horror at the lead poisoning crisis unfolding in Flint, Michigan. The details from Flint have been shocking: tap water so corrosive it caused lead levels in some homes to meet


Last weekend the Lakeville North activities department Twitter account pointed out there's a seat available in U.S. Bank Stadium for every Lakeville resident who wants to watch Friday night's football playoff game between the community's two high schools.
And that meant every Lakeville resident. The stadium seats more than 66,000 people, and Lakeville's 2017 population was almost 64,000.
"I think all of Lakeville's going to be there," said Schultz's teammate, Max Hoffman.
Now the Cougars want to keep their end of the bargain by making sure the fans' trip downtown was worth it. Lakeville South goes into the Class 6A semifinal game as a heavy underdog to undefeated and No. 1-ranked Lakeville North, but at the end of their practice Tuesday at the Savage Sports Dome the Cougars sounded like a team that believed they could pull a shocking upset.
Coach Tyler Krebs made the point to the team and asked the players to picture what it would be like to leave U.S. Bank Stadium with a playoff victory, while adding it would take an nearly error-free game to do it.
Krebs reiterated that a few minutes later while speaking with a reporter. "We feel if we play our best game we've got a shot," he said.
Kickoff for the Cougars-vs.-Panthers game is 7 p.m. The winner plays Eden Prairie or Blaine in the Class 6A championship game at the Prep Bowl at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 23, also at U.S. Bank Stadium. Eden Prairie and Blaine play their semifinal game Thursday night.
Lakeville is assured of having a team in the state large-school championship game for the first time since 2012, when Lakeville North lost to Eden Prairie. Lakeville teams have reached championship games seven times previously, winning in 1988, 1992 and 2003, all before the North-South split. Lakeville South reached the Prep Bowl in 2006, the second year the school was open, losing to Eden Prairie 21-14.
Lakeville South extended its winning streak to five games with a 28-14 victory over Woodbury in the Class 6A semifinals in frigid weather at Osseo High School. The Cougars (6-5) moved above .500 for the first time all season.
Playing Lakeville North just adds intrigue to a game that would have been the South program's biggest in more than a decade regardless of the opponent.
The game features two teams with successful rushing offenses, albeit with vastly different philosophies. North has a massive line and two fast, shifty running backs in Brian Curtis Jr. (his school's single-season rushing leader) and RaJa Nelson.
Lakeville South changed offenses this season, going to a T-formation attack that emphasizes precision and deception to make up for a lack of size. The offense started producing big plays the last few weeks. South is averaging about 43 points a game during its winning streak.
"After the Shakopee game (a 48-20 victory Oct. 12), when we started putting up the points, that gave everybody a little bit of hope," Schultz said.
Lakeville South didn't throw a pass against Woodbury but did more than enough damage on the ground, rushing for 346 yards and an 8-yard average per carry. Tavian Laden and Johnny Shabaz broke big plays, running 40 and 55 yards for touchdowns in the first half. Jared Stewart scored on a 2-yard run early in the second quarter as South took a 14-0 lead, then put the game out of reach with an 18-yard run for the Cougars' final touchdown with 1 minute, 6 seconds remaining.
Laden rushed for 145 yards, Shabaz had 85 and Stewart 74.
Dean Cardis and Mason Dahlager each had 11 tackles for South, and Stewart and Josh Loveless had 10 stops each.
The run-always game plan was fine with South linemen such as Hoffman. "When it's cold, it's a lot better to run. We can be a little smashmouth," he said.
Hoffman and Schultz, the starting guards, each weigh less than 200 pounds. That means they're undersized by modern football standards. But becoming familiar with the nuances of the offense helped them become effective. It just took some time.
"We've run it close to 1,000 times, so it's kind of automatic now," Hoffman said.
Still, there was some skepticism about the change.
"Last year I was an outside linebacker and then got switched to guard," Schultz said. "Coach Krebs said at the end of the year I might be playing guard and I kind of thought it was a joke.
Now the Cougars say they want to try it again against their crosstown rivals.


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German production company _wige GROUP goes to the cloud with Signiant
By Brandon Costa, Senior Editor
Wednesday, September 30, 2015 - 11:04
When it comes to developing adrenaline-pumping motorsports content, few production companies across Europe do it better than Germany-based _wige GROUP. The company specialises in motion-picture content for TV broadcasters and digital platforms, among many outlets. Working with clients and at events around the globe, _wige GROUP has made it a priority to invest in flexible, cost-efficient production workflows, especially when it comes to file transfer. _wige GROUP has been a client of media-transport innovator Signiant for some time, having shifted from the old world of sending tapes via the mail to switching in 2012 to an IP, file-based transport system with Signiant's Media Exchange platform.
Now _wige GROUP is going even deeper with its relationship with Signiant, adding the Web-browser–based Media Shuttle to its operations and even adjusting from a more traditional, on-premises file-transfer solution to cloud-based SaaS software.
"We wanted to use a very professional solution for our distribution," says Jukka Lampo, distribution manager, _wige GROUP, "because it is guaranteed to be running fast and our customers can download their files very fast."
Using Media Shuttle, _wige GROUP has made it possible for customers to receive their content more quickly, which has, in turn, enabled _wige GROUP to incorporate more content into simultaneous broadcast schedules.
"In the sports broadcast industry, timeliness is essential," says Lampo in an official release. "Signiant has completely revolutionised how we send large files, from physically mailing tapes to sending large files in under an hour."


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Q: Marking the Initial State of this Finite Automaton I'm working on a finite deterministic automaton based on this.
From this code:
 public void markInitialState (int initialStateId) {

                    State theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
                    theInitialState.isInitial=true;
                    allStates.add(initialStateId, theInitialState);

                /*DEBUG*/

                System.out.println(" THE INITIAL STATE ID IS " + initialStateId);

                theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
                if ((theInitialState.isInitial)==true)
                System.out.println("THE STATE " + theInitialState + " IS MARKED AS INITIAL");

        }

I'm getting the line:
THE STATE {d=(this Map), e=(this Map), a=(this Map)} IS MARKED AS INITIAL

On the line that should say:
THE STATE 2 IS MARKED AS INITIAL

Why is the Map doing this?
I don't get why it's marking the final states correctly using the same aproach.
The Input file is:
4
3 2 1
ab
1 0
2 0
2 0
2
0 3
abaa
aab
aba
3 3 2
ade
0 1 2
1 2 0
2 1 0
1 2
2 2
a
de
3 2 1
ab
1 0
2 0
2 0
2
0 3
abaa
aab
aba
3 3 2
ade
0 1 2
1 2 0
2 1 0
1 2
2 2
a
de

The code:
/*
 * To change this template, choose Tools | Templates
 * and open the template in the editor.
 */

package afd;

import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;

/**
 *
 * @author Administrator
 */
public class Main {

    /**
     * @param args the command line arguments
     */
    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        // TODO code application logic here

        FileReader fr = new FileReader("E://Documents and Settings//Administrator//My Documents//NetBeansProjects//AFD//src//afd//dfa.in");

        BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(fr);

        String firstLine= br.readLine();

        String [] firstLineSplitted = firstLine.split(" ");

        /*debug*/
        System.out.println("firstLine is " + firstLine);

        int numberOfTestCases = Integer.parseInt(firstLine);

        for (int indexOfTestCases =0; indexOfTestCases < numberOfTestCases; indexOfTestCases++  ){

            String caseStartLine = br.readLine();

            /*debug*/
            System.out.println("caseStarLine is " + caseStartLine);
            String [] caseStartLineSplitted = caseStartLine.split(" ");

            int numberOfStates;
            int numberOfAlphabetSymbols;
            int numberOfFinalStates;

            numberOfStates = Integer.parseInt(caseStartLineSplitted[0]);

            numberOfAlphabetSymbols = Integer.parseInt(caseStartLineSplitted[1]);

            numberOfFinalStates = Integer.parseInt(caseStartLineSplitted[2]);

            Automaton automaton = new Automaton();

            automaton.setAllStates(numberOfStates);

  //          automaton.size = numberOfStates;
 //           automaton.numberOfAlphabetSymbols = numberOfAlphabetSymbols;
 //           automaton.numberOfFinalStates = numberOfFinalStates;
            //Automaton a = new Automaton(numberOfStates);

            String alphabetLine = br.readLine();
            System.out.println("alphabetLine is " + alphabetLine);

            automaton.setAlphabet (alphabetLine);

//            automaton.alphabetSymbols =new StringBuffer(alphabetLine);

            for (int indexOfStates = 0; indexOfStates < numberOfStates; indexOfStates++){

                  String transitionsLine = br.readLine();
                   /*debug*/
                   System.out.println("transitionsLine is " + transitionsLine);

                   automaton.setTransitions(indexOfStates,transitionsLine);

                  /*String [] ijLineSplitted = ijLine.split(" ");

                  int i = Integer.parseInt(ijLineSplitted[0]);
                  int j = Integer.parseInt(ijLineSplitted[1]);
                    */

            }

            String finalStatesLine = br.readLine();
            /*debug*/
            System.out.println("finalStatesLine is " + finalStatesLine);
            String finalStatesLineSplitted [] = finalStatesLine.split(" ");

            automaton.markFinalStates(finalStatesLineSplitted);

            String initialStateAndNumberOfStringsLine = br.readLine();

            /*debug*/
            System.out.println("initialStateAndNumberOfStringsLine  is " +initialStateAndNumberOfStringsLine);
            String [] splittedInitialStateLine = initialStateAndNumberOfStringsLine.split(" ");

            int initialState = Integer.parseInt(splittedInitialStateLine[0]);
            int numberOfStrings = Integer.parseInt(splittedInitialStateLine[1]);

            automaton.markInitialState(initialState);

            for (int stringIndex =0; stringIndex<numberOfStrings; stringIndex++){

                 String stringToProcess = br.readLine();
                 /*debug*/
            System.out.println("stringToProcess is " + stringToProcess);

            }

         }
        }

}

class State extends HashMap<Character, State>{

boolean isFinal;
boolean isInitial;

State () {
    isInitial=false;
    isFinal = false;
    }

}

  class Automaton{
     List <State> allStates;
    //private List<State> finalStates;
     State initialState;
     State currentState;
      char [] alphabet;

    Automaton() {

        allStates = new ArrayList<State>();

    }

    public void setAllStates (int numberOfStates)  {

        for (int i =0; i <numberOfStates; i++) {

            State newState = new State();
            allStates.add(newState);

         }

    }

    public void setAlphabet (String alphabetLine){

        alphabet = alphabetLine.toCharArray();

    }

    public void markFinalStates (String [] finalStates){

        for (int index =0; index<finalStates.length; index++) {

            int aFinalStateId = Integer.parseInt(finalStates[index]);

            State aFinalState = allStates.get(aFinalStateId);
            aFinalState.isFinal = true;
            allStates.add(aFinalStateId, aFinalState);

            /*DEBUG*/
            aFinalState = allStates.get(aFinalStateId);
            if ((aFinalState.isFinal)==true)
            System.out.println("THE STATE " + aFinalStateId + " IS MARKED AS FINAL");

        }

    }

    public void markInitialState (int initialStateId) {

            State theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
            theInitialState.isInitial=true;
            allStates.add(initialStateId, theInitialState);

            /*DEBUG*/

            System.out.println(" THE INITIAL STATE ID IS " + initialStateId);

            theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
            if ((theInitialState.isInitial)==true)
            System.out.println("THE STATE " + theInitialState + " IS MARKED AS INITIAL");

    }

    public void setTransitions(int stateId, String transitionsLine){

            State theOneToChange = allStates.get(stateId);

            String [] statesToReachStringSplitted = transitionsLine.split(" ");

            for (int symbolIndex=0; symbolIndex<statesToReachStringSplitted.length;symbolIndex++){

                int reachedState= Integer.parseInt(statesToReachStringSplitted[symbolIndex]);

                theOneToChange.put(alphabet[symbolIndex],allStates.get(reachedState));

                System.out.println("THE STATE " + stateId + " REACHES THE STATE " + reachedState + " WITH THE SYMBOL " + alphabet[symbolIndex]);

            }

            allStates.add(stateId, theOneToChange);

    }

    public boolean processString (String string)
    {

        boolean accepted = false;

        return accepted;

    }

}

A: public void markInitialState (int initialStateId) {

        State theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
        theInitialState.isInitial=true;
        allStates.add(initialStateId, theInitialState);

        /*DEBUG*/

        System.out.println(" THE INITIAL STATE ID IS " + initialStateId);

        theInitialState = allStates.get(initialStateId);
        if ((theInitialState.isInitial)==true)
        System.out.println("THE STATE " + theInitialState + " IS MARKED AS INITIAL");

}

On the last line of this method, you're printing theInitialState instead of initialStateID.